{"id":35151,"date":"2025-02-10T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/?p=35151"},"modified":"2025-02-10T17:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:46:06","slug":"are-you-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/en\/2025\/02\/10\/are-you-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2fa4c5cf16db3a07b3392f100bac09ed\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">Are you here <br>Am I here <br>Who&#8217;s here <br>What&#8217;s here <br>In this body <br>Just present <br>Here now <br>What is it <br>Is it you <br>Am I this <br>Are we here <br>Right now <br>Conscious <br>That we are <br>And you are <br>That I am <br>Who I am <br>What I am <br>Conscious <br>What is it <br>Who is it <br>Can it be <br>All around <br>Within all <br>Without <br>Breath in <br>And out <br>Let go <br>Relax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a37399e509b8f022cf3b9173f9bc1930\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">&#8220;Calm Mudita joy&#8221; &#8212; are you here?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-29-7GITALS.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/tonalities\/pentatonalities\/pentapro-or-pentana\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">PentaNa \/ PentaPro<\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> on C# (276 Hz) &#8212; with one touch of Ma &#8212; 8-string guitar, lap slide guitar, tanpura &#8212; 7:06<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-629a47f2b2a627c1307bfde3f015d7e0\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">How the heart grows wise on the spiritual path<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b8a69c9ea2237b86b15f47f82ac0f4fb\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">Ram Dass suffered a major stroke in 1997. &#8220;After almost a year of rehabilitation he was able to talk, though haltingly, and he still groped for words. 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Then in the seventies I died from that and returned from India as Baba Ram Dass, the guru. Then in the eighties my life was all about service &#8212; co-founding the Seva Foundation, building hospitals, and working with refugees and prisoners. Over all these years I played cello, golf, drove my MG. Since this stroke the car is in the driveway, the cello and golf clubs in the closet. Now if I think I&#8217;m the guy who can&#8217;t play cello or drive or work in India, I would feel terribly sorry for myself. But I&#8217;m not him. During the stroke I died again, and now I have a new life in a disabled body. This is where I am. You&#8217;ve got to be here now. You&#8217;ve got to take the curriculum.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fc7622be2619439cf99f4b389ebdc62a\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">Quoted from <em>After the Ecstasy, the Laundry<\/em> by Jack Kornfield, p. 184-185<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f9abd1930210dd5b717798710ebacaf\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">Here I am; and I love it! 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